Jan. 21, 2005
SALT LAKE CITY -
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UTAH VS. OREGON STATE
Jan. 21, 2005
FINAL TEAM TOTALS
1. Utah 195.95
2. OSU 194.25
OREGON STATE UTAH VAULT VAULT Kim Sedlak 9.525 Gabriella Onodi 9.700 Megan Devencenzi 9.775 Gritt Hofmann 9.800 Daylee Ingalls 9.725 Nicolle Ford 9.200 Therese Videan 9.550 Ashley Postell 9.850 Heather Justus 9.825 Rachel Tidd 9.825 Angela Morales 9.750 Annabeth Eberle 9.850 VT: 48.625; Running: 48.625 VT: 49.025; Running: 98.150 Utah vault notes: Gabriella Onodi again hits a nice vault. She did not quite stick the landing, taking a small hop. That was the best vault I have ever seen Gritt Hofmann do. Great in flight, great amplitude, stuck landing. One judge gave her a 9.85. Nicolle Ford looked like her steps were off on the approach. It looked like she didn't have much steam going into the horse. She fell forward and barely had to touch her hands. You really have to see Ashley Postell in person to believe her. She is just incredibly smooth and powerful and her form is perfect. I am surprised at Rachel Tidd's score. I know the scores are lower this year, but that was the best vault I have seen tonight. Annabeth Eberle had big amplitude and distance and of course perfect form inflight. She couldn't quite hold a stick on her landing for the deduction.
BARS BARS Heather Justus 9.700 Kristen Riffanacht 9.025 Chelsea Plourde 9.700 Katie Kivisto 9.725 Heidi Goehring 9.125 Annabeth Eberle 9.800 Lindsay Nelson 9.750 Ashley Postell 9.850 Therese Videan 9.850 Rachel Tidd 9.900 Chrissy Lamun 9.750 Nicolle Ford 9.850 UB: 48.750; Running: 97.375 UB: 49.075; Running: 49.075 Utah bar notes: It looked like Kristen Riffanacht had caught the bar on her first big release, but she didn't and fell. She also had a step under the bar on the landiing. Katie Kivisto leaned a bit on one handstand but made a nice recovery. Annabeth Eberle's giant Tkatchev brought a gasp from the big OSU crowd. Really nice routine. Ashley Postell was so clean and so smooth. She really moved well between the bars and her legs and toes were perfect. She's back! Rachel Tidd was perfection in motion. Beautiful lines. What a welcome back by Rach. Nicolle Ford finished the set with another fine routine. The only possible deduction I saw was she was maybe just a little close to the bar on one of her release moves. She didn't have quite as dead-on of a stick on the landing as Rachel, but she didn't step or anything.
BEAM BEAM Angela Morales 9.125 Natalie Nicoloff 9.625 Courtney Dennison 9.700 Kristen Riffanacht 9.775 Heidi Goehring 9.775 Gritt Hofmann 9.300 Daylee Ingalls 9.800 Nicolle Ford 9.825 Chrissy Lamun 9.825 Annabeth Eberle 9.775 Chelsea Plourde 9.775 Ashley Postell 9.875 BB: 48.875; Running: 146.250 BB: 48.975; Running: 195.95 Utah beam notes: Natalie Nicoloff looked rusty after her week off from competition with a cold, but she gutted it out and stayed on with no huge breaks. She just had a lot of little wobbles and did not have one of her better mounts. Riffy was really sharp on this routine. She absolutely nailed everything. Nothing shaky anywhere. Not her best landing. Gritty Hofmann fell off the beam on her series. It looked like she might be able to stay on, but I guess she couldn't. Really nice routine by Nicolle Ford, who struggled tonight. She took out her second flick lay, which was a good decision in my opinion. AB Eberle made a great save on her mount when her foot skidded. She saved it really cleanly and the rest of her routine was sweet. I simply cannot describe Ashley Postell, especially on beam. She reminds me a lot of Missy Marlowe in terms of her looks and mannerisms, not to mention her difficulty. She has just one cool thing after another in her beam routine and she hit them all. I thought she'd score even higher.
FLOOR FLOOR Megan Devencenzi 8.825 Kristen Riffanacht 9.650 Heather Justus 9.725 Gabriella Onodi 9.800 Heidi Goehring 9.150 Nicolle Ford 9.575 Angela Morales 9.675 Ashley Postell 9.875 Chrissy Lamun 9.650 Annabeth Eberle 9.850 Therese Videan 9.800 Gritt Hofmann 9.750 FX: 48.000; Running: 194.250 FX: 48.925; Running: 147.075 Utah floor notes: Riffy got back on track after a rough vault warmup and a fall off bars with this routine. She added one of those splats to it for artistic value and I thought it looked really good. Her closing double back was just a big cowboyed. With former Ute All-American Megan Caudle looking on from her front row seat, Gabriella Onodi did Caudle proud with her old floor music. It was the best routine I've seen Gabi do. She stuck every landing, hit every leap. Queenie Ford had on her first pass, but the remainder of the routine was a beauty. She was short on her first pike double back and landed low. Ashley Postell started off with an absolutely gigantic layout triple twisst and just kept cruising from there. I can't tell you the deduction. AB caught major, major air under her opening pike double back. She was dead on the entire routine. She did have a small step on her final tumbling pass. Gritty Hofmann was tagged for a small stumble (well covered) out of a leap and on her final pass, double back, she bounced out of it.